NBA Commissioner Adam Silver recently suggested seeding the playoffs "one through 16,” regardless of conference, but James, who some feel has benefited form playing in the East, said, “Let's not get too crazy."

"It’s cool to kind of get past that, and ... it’s all love at the end of the day,” Durant said before the NBA All-Star Game, while Westbrook told reporters that the former teammates were “just keeping it cool."

Dirk Nowitzki said Wednesday night he was “disgusted” to read about allegations of inappropriate sexual conduct by former team president Terdema Ussery in a Sports Illustrated report that described a hostile workplace for women.